(September 10, 2015 at 7:09 pm)Knight000 Wrote:(September 9, 2015 at 10:02 pm)Beccs Wrote: You get a definite thumbs up for Terry Pratchett. Beyond Good Omens, I've never read Neil Gaiman.
His graphic novels are what he's most known for. Really, all I read beyond good omens is his short story collections.
Also, the foreword for GO got me paranoid and I read it at least monthly but I don't let anyone else have it.
Neil Gaiman is still best known for his Sandman graphic novels, though they made his stories Coraline and Stardust into pretty good movies.
I enjoy his books, especially American Gods, but what got me started reading Gaiman was my fandom of Tori Amos, who is a friend of his, and who mentioned his short story Snow, Glass, Apples in one of her songs. Read it for yourself; it's only 6 pages long, and still one of my favorites.
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I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
